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Mitigating Air Pollution: Understanding the Sources and Sinks of OH

Numerous pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere as a result of human activities, and without a molecule called hydroxide (OH), many of these pollutants would continue to aggregate in the atmosphere.

10 Apr 2023

Study Reveals Global Increase of Ozone-Depleting CFC Emissions

"We're paying attention to these emissions now because of the success of the Montreal Protocol," says Luke Western, lead author of the paper and a researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Global Monitoring Laboratory and the University of Bristol.

5 Apr 2023

New Simulation Creates Neighborhood-Scale Estimates of Air Quality in Chicago

If you live along one of the major interstate highways running through Chicago or directly next to Lake Michigan, you are regularly exposed to more air pollution than the rest of the city, a new Northwestern University study has found.

28 Mar 2023

Untreated Wastewater may Contribute to High Methane Emissions in Urban Areas

Research published in Environmental Research Letters has shown that methane emissions from urban areas are underestimated by a factor of three to four and that untreated wastewater may be a contributing factor.

24 Mar 2023

Pushing the Boundaries of Solar Energy With Energy-Generating Rail Tracks

Swiss-based startup, Sun-Ways, has developed an innovative strategy for solar energy infrastructure that uses the space between railway tracks to deploy standard photovoltaic (PV) panels without impeding the movement of trains.

20 Mar 2023

Valuable River Deltas Highly Vulnerable to Imminent Global Environmental Change

The livelihoods of millions of people who live in river deltas, among the world's most productive lands, are at risk. Created where large rivers meet the ocean and deposit their natural sediment load, river deltas are often just a few meters above sea level.

20 Mar 2023